Rayobyte
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What it is
Rayobyte offers proxy services and web scraping products for collecting public web data. Its products include a Web Scraping API, Web Unblocker and a self-hosted Chromium browser, with API, web and self-hosted access. The company names e-commerce data extraction, AI development, ad verification and SERP data analysis as high-volume use cases. Its Web Scraping API includes proxy and browser management, JavaScript rendering, and charges only for successful scrapes. Residential proxies offer city, region or country targeting, sticky sessions, and unlimited threads and sessions. Rayobyte says residential IP partners consent to participation, can limit how connections are used or opt out, and are compensated. Browser integrations include Playwright, Puppeteer, Scrapy and OpenClaw; Selenium is not supported. Proxy authentication can use username and password or IP whitelisting where available. Rayobyte lists a free plan and a free trial. Rotating Data Center Starter costs $0.30 per month for 1-50 GB traffic; prices vary by product and traffic tier. Static residential proxy use is capped at 200 GB.
Spec sheet
- What it does
- Rayobyte provides residential, ISP, datacenter and mobile proxies, a Scraping API, Web Unblocker and hosted or self-hosted stealth Chromium browsers for web data collection.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Product
- Rayobyte offers proxy solutions and scraping products, including a web scraping API, Web Unblocker, and a self-hosted Chromium browser.Read 30 Sep 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Free plan
- YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Integrations
- Rayobyte's browser integration documentation lists Playwright, Puppeteer, Scrapy, and OpenClaw, and says Selenium is not supported.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.rayobyte.com
- Support
- Rayobyte offers support tickets, email support and live chat, while TechRadar noted that phone technical support was unavailable.Read 15 Oct 2026 · techradar.com
- Headquarters
- Rayobyte lists 233 S. 13th Street, Suite 1100, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508, USA.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Founded
- Neil Emeigh founded the business in 2015 as Blazing SEO.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Browser automation
- rayobrowse supplies Chromium sessions on Rayobyte infrastructure over CDP, with Playwright, Puppeteer and other CDP clients supported.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Browser integrations
- Published integration guides cover Playwright, Puppeteer, Scrapy and OpenClaw; Selenium is listed as unsupported.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.rayobyte.com
- Company legal name
- The terms identify the provider as Blazing SEO, LLC, a Colorado limited-liability company doing business as Rayobyte.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Rayobyte as privately held with 11-50 employees; Rayobyte's own about page says 40+ team members.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
- Customers
- Rayobyte reports more than 5,000 active customers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Data collection
- The company describes its products as a one-stop solution for enterprise proxies and web scraping to collect public web data at scale.Read 30 Sep 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Documentation
- The documentation site is organized into proxy, Scraping API and browser sections and includes quickstarts, targeting, billing, sessions, API references and integration examples.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.rayobyte.com
- Ethical sourcing
- The company says residential IP contributors opt in through an app consent screen, can opt out, and are compensated.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Free trial
- Rayobyte's product FAQ says all products offer risk-free free trials; its pricing FAQ specifies that residential proxy trials are available by creating an account.Read 30 Sep 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Funding
- Neil Emeigh wrote that Rayobyte has been entirely bootstrapped and has had no investor.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Independent product limits
- TechRadar praised unlimited bandwidth, unlimited concurrent connections and SOCKS5, but criticized complex pricing and reported no free trial at the time of its 2025 review.Read 15 Oct 2026 · techradar.com
- Independent reputation
- ProxyPlox summarizes third-party feedback as emphasizing ethical standards, reliable performance and responsive 24/7 support, while noting limited cross-checking on major review platforms.Read 15 Oct 2026 · proxyplox.com
- Licence
- Rayobyte's hosted services are proprietary; its terms grant a limited revocable license and expressly deny access to source code.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Limit: account and billing complaints
- A recent Trustpilot reviewer alleged repeated card-charge attempts after stopping service, while another reported being unable to register.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
- Limit: price
- Both G2 reviewers describe Rayobyte as more expensive than competing proxy providers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
- Notable news: 2026 browser launch
- Rayobyte announced in January 2026 that it built a custom Chromium stealth browser for scraping and automation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Notable news: 2026 product updates
- The September 2026 changelog records cloud rayobrowse browsers in the dashboard, Python and Node SDKs, and automatic failover for hosted browser sessions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Praise: speed and reliability
- G2 reviewers repeatedly praise very high speed, strong success rates and fewer timeouts or failed connections.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
- Praise: support
- A G2 reviewer says chat support quickly solved proxy setup and configuration problems.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
- Protocols
- Proxy documentation supports HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5 and SOCKS5-hostname connections; residential service can also carry UDP, HTTP/3 and STUN when enabled.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.rayobyte.com
- Proxy access
- Rayobyte documents username-and-password authentication and IP whitelisting for relevant proxy products.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.rayobyte.com
- Proxy targeting
- Residential documentation lists country, state or region, city, ZIP, ASN, operating-system and IP-version targeting options.Read 15 Oct 2026 · portal.rayobyte.com
- Public API
- The browser API exposes endpoints to create, close, inspect and list browser sessions plus account limits, profile, sessions, usage and API-key regeneration.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.rayobyte.com
- Rating on G2
- 4.8 out of 5 from 2 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
- Rating on Trustpilot
- 4.0 out of 5 from 143 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
- Residential network
- The company says its residential network reaches more than 50 million devices monthly and covers more than 190 countries.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Residential proxies
- Its residential proxy page lists free city, region, or country geo-targeting, sticky sessions, unlimited threads and sessions, and ethically sourced IPs with full end-user consent.Read 30 Sep 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Scraping API
- The Scraping API accepts a URL and returns the page while Rayobyte handles proxies, browsers, retries and block handling.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.rayobyte.com
- SDKs
- Rayobyte publishes Python and Node.js rayobrowse SDKs; the documentation lists releases 2.3.0 on PyPI and 0.3.0 on npm.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.rayobyte.com
- Security and compliance
- Rayobyte requires KYC for residential access in risk cases, uses Sumsub for identity collection, blocks banks, government sites and login pages, and says abuse reports are acted on within one business day.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Self-hosting
- The rayobrowse repository offers a free unlimited self-hosted Docker deployment, while its browser binary has a separate restrictive license.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Sticky sessions
- Premium Residential supports sticky sessions together with country, city, ZIP and ASN targeting.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Traffic limits
- The pricing FAQ says data center proxies have no thread or bandwidth limits and static residential proxy use is capped at 200 GB.Read 30 Sep 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Use cases
- Rayobyte names e-commerce data extraction, AI development, ad verification, and SERP data analysis as high-volume use cases.Read 30 Sep 2026 · rayobyte.com
- Web Unblocker
- Web Unblocker uses proxy-style username/password authentication and combines proxy access with scraping features without requiring a separate API.Read 15 Oct 2026 · rayobyte.com
Plans and prices
Strong points and limits
Strong points
- Scraping API charges only for successful scrapes
- Residential proxies include geographic targeting
- Residential sessions and threads are unlimited
- Partner consent and opt-out are described
- Multiple browser integrations are listed
Limits
- Selenium is not supported
- Static residential proxy use is capped at 200 GB
- Rotating Data Center Starter covers 1-50 GB traffic
Who it suits
Rayobyte suits teams collecting public web data for high-volume use cases such as e-commerce extraction, AI development, ad verification or SERP analysis. It offers proxy and scraping access through API, web and self-hosted options.
Rayobyte in depth
Read the full write-up
Rayobyte is a proxy and web-scraping provider, best suited to teams collecting public web data across several workflows. Its combination of proxy networks and managed scraping is appealing, but the traffic tiers and browser-integration limits need attention.
Overview
Founded in 2015 and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Rayobyte offers residential, ISP, datacenter, and mobile proxies alongside a web scraping API, Web Unblocker, and a self-hosted Chromium browser. Named uses include e-commerce extraction, AI development, ad verification, and SERP analysis.
For broader comparisons, see Residential Proxy Services and Proxy Software.
Key features
Proxy networks and controls
The range of proxy networks and protocols—HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5, SOCKS5 UDP, HTTP/3, and STUN—gives teams flexibility across different integrations. IP rotation is available in both forms. Relevant proxy products support username-and-password authentication or IP whitelisting. The general listing includes 1 GB of bandwidth, but individual product traffic allowances differ, so buyers should match the plan to the network they intend to use.
Residential proxies include city, region, or country targeting at no extra charge, sticky sessions, and unlimited threads and sessions. Those controls suit location-sensitive collection and workloads that need persistent sessions. Rayobyte says residential partners consent to sharing their connections, can restrict use or opt out, and are compensated.
Scraping and integrations
The Web Scraping API charges only for successful scrapes and handles proxy and browser management, JavaScript rendering, and scaling. That reduces the operational work of assembling a scraping stack, but it is a different buying proposition from purchasing proxy traffic alone. Browser documentation names Playwright, Puppeteer, Scrapy, and OpenClaw; Selenium is not supported, which rules it out for teams built around that framework.
Traffic and support
Datacenter proxies have no thread or bandwidth limits according to Rayobyte's pricing FAQ, while static residential use is capped at 200 GB. These limits are product-specific: unlimited datacenter bandwidth should not be read as an unlimited allowance across all proxy types. Support is available through tickets and email, with live-agent chat when an agent is available.
Pricing
Rayobyte uses a freemium model, with a free plan and trial. Rotating Data Center plans are priced by traffic tier: Starter costs $0.30 a month for 1–50 GB, Personal costs $0.28 a month for 51–150 GB, Business costs $0.25 a month for 151–350 GB, and Corporate costs $0.23 a month for 351–1000 GB. The declining per-GB price favors larger workloads, but the listed monthly tiers still require buyers to estimate traffic. Enterprise covers 1000+ GB with custom pricing.
ISP Rotating plans start at $3.75 a month for up to 15 GB, then fall to $3.50 a month for 15–50 GB, $3.25 a month for 51–100 GB, and $3 a month for 101–250 GB. These tiers suit progressively larger workloads, but the entry allowance is modest. Separate Rotating Data Center IPs plans are priced per purchase: Corporate is $0.23, paid once for 351–1000 GB, Business is $0.25, paid once for 151–350 GB, and Personal is $0.28, paid once for 51–150 GB. Their one-time term differs from the monthly tiers, so buyers should compare the purchase basis as well as the traffic range.
Platforms
Rayobyte supports API, self-hosted, and web use. The self-hosted Chromium browser and API options serve different deployment preferences, while listed browser integrations include Playwright, Puppeteer, Scrapy, and OpenClaw—not Selenium.
Who it's for
Rayobyte makes sense for teams collecting public data at scale that want both proxy options and managed scraping tools, especially for e-commerce, AI, advertising verification, or search-result analysis. It is less suitable for Selenium-dependent browser workflows or anyone who needs one simple traffic cap to apply across all products.
Pros and cons
Pros: Residential targeting, sticky sessions, and unlimited threads and sessions give users useful control over location and continuity.
Pros: The API handles proxy management and JavaScript rendering, and charges only for successful scrapes.
Pros: Datacenter proxies have no thread or bandwidth limits, supporting workloads that would strain capped plans.
Cons: Selenium is unsupported, limiting adoption for teams committed to that browser automation framework.
Cons: Static residential use has a 200 GB cap, unlike the datacenter allowance.
Cons: Monthly and per-purchase datacenter tiers use different terms, which complicates direct price comparisons.
Alternatives
Choose Decodo Residential Proxies if you want residential proxies across a broad set of platforms, including mobile, desktop, and extension options; its 3 GB plan is $3.75 a month, with a free trial but no free plan.
Bright Data Residential Proxies is another paid option, with a $4, paid once pay-as-you-go plan and a free trial. Consider it when that usage-based purchase structure fits better.
Webshare is worth comparing if a free plan and broad platform support are priorities; its free proxy server includes 10 proxies and 1 GB bandwidth per month.
Node4 Residential Proxies offers a free plan and residential tiers including 3 GB for $7.47 a month and 5 GB for $11.45 a month.
OctoProxy is an alternative with a free residential trial shown for 30 days, unlimited bandwidth, and 100 threads.
Proxiware may suit buyers looking for a paid residential option with monthly billing; its Eco Residential plan is $0.15 a month.
HProxy offers paid proxy plans and a free plan, including IPv6 proxies at $0.10 a month.
BuyProxy is a web-only freemium option; its free tier includes 1 GB bandwidth per month, one user, and three concurrent sessions.
Verdict
Choose Rayobyte if your team needs a mix of proxy networks and managed scraping, with residential targeting or uncapped datacenter traffic among its priorities. Its strongest case is combining those tools with an API that handles browser and proxy management; look elsewhere if Selenium support is essential or you need static residential traffic beyond 200 GB.
Verdict
Rayobyte combines proxy networks with scraping tools, including a managed API and self-hosted browser. Compare the product-specific traffic tiers and note the Selenium limitation before selecting an integration.
Where Specifiction places it
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